Jan 13: An embodiment of our tradition - Gilbert Achcar on Daniel Bensaïd

Jan 10: Leading climate scientist James Hansen on why he's glad the Copenhagen talks collapsed (Democracy Now)

Jan 9: Racial violence continues in Italy as four migrant workers wounded in shootings - John Hooper (Guardian UK) IMAGES HERE

Jan 6: Lethal clash over Viva Palestina convoy on Gaza border after Egypt blocks 59 vehicles from delivering their aid. Images and Links at Resistance Images.

Dec 28: Iran regime battles to quell protests - Thomas Erdbrink (Sydney Morning Herald) Photos here

Dec 28: War declared on the John Rees-Lindsey German faction: impending split in the SWP? - Duncan Chapel (Socialist Resistance) -> Spanish version here (foro anticapitalista)

Greek construction workers march on day of strikes against
austerity budget

 Dec 17: And in Copenhagen....

Dec 17: Police assault on Olivier Besancenot. New Anti-Capitalist party spokesperson Olivier Besancenot was manhandled and briefly arrested during a union protest at the French National Assembly against the 'reform' of the French post office. Besancenot was later treated for several fractures to one of his fingers.

"Our leaders are aren't giving us Hopenhagen – they're giving us Cokenhagen, a sugary feelgood hit filled with sickly additives and no nutrition. Their behaviour here – where the bare minimum described as safe by scientists isn't even being considered – indicates they are more scared of the corporate lobbyists that fund their campaigns, or the denialist streak in their own country, than of rising seas and falling civilisations. " - Johann Hari (see article below)

Dec 12: Capital's cartographer - Tom Reifer on the legacy of Giovanni Arrighi (NLR)

Dec 12: Casualty of the Drone War - Max Kantar (Znet)

Dec 5: A lesson from Seattle for Copenhagen: Vigorous activism can defeat the denialists - Patrick Bond (Links)